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DNA Transposable Elements

Known as: Transposable Element, DNA, Transposable Element, DNA Transposable Element 
Discrete segments of DNA which can excise and reintegrate to another site in the genome. Most are inactive, i.e., have not been found to exist… 
National Institutes of Health

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20 relations
DNA Insertion ElementsInterspersed Repetitive SequencesMobile Dispersed Genetic ElementsMutagenesis, Insertional

Narrower (5)

DNA TransposonsInsertion Sequence ElementsTnsA protein, E coliTnsC protein, E coli

Broader (1)

transposon/insertion element

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Bmmar1: a basal lineage of the mariner family of transposable elements in the silkworm moth, Bombyx mori.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Evolution of the transposable element mariner in Drosophila species.
The distribution of the transposable element mariner was examined in the genus Drosophila. Among the eight species comprising the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Isolation of a transposable element from Neurospora crassa.
A Neurospora crassa strain from Adiopodoumé, Ivory Coast, contains multiple copies of a transposable element, Tad. The element… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Mobility of the maize suppressor-mutator element in transgenic tobacco cells.
Maize Suppressor-mutator (Spm) transposable elements have been introduced into tobacco cells and a visual assay for Spm activity… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
A chlorophyll a/b-protein encoded by a gene containing an intron with characteristics of a transposable element.
We have sequenced a genomic subclone (pLg AB19/H5c) of Lemna gibba nuclear DNA containing a complete chlorophyll a/b protein… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Evidence that the clindamycin-erythromycin resistance gene of Bacteroides plasmid pBF4 is on a transposable element
We constructed a shuttle vector, pE5-2, which can replicate in both Bacteroides spp. and Escherichia coli. pE5-2 contains a… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
High-frequency excision of transposable element Tc1 in the nematode caenorhabditis elegans is limited to somatic cells
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Insertion of the drosophila transposable element copia generates a 5 base pair duplication
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Terminal repeats of the drosophila transposable element copia: Nucleotide sequence and genomic organization
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Identification of the protein encoded by the transposable element Tn 3 which is required for its transposition
Protein products have now been identified which account for the entire coding capacity of the transposable element Tn3. Mutations… 
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